Facts at a Glance

Fall Semester 2010

Student Body

Undergraduate students 6,802
Graduate students 3,708
Total degree students 10,510
   
Continuing education students 3,347
Total of all students 13,857
   
Online students 2,041
   
International students (in degree programs) 2,466
Number of countries represented 111 
Number of states represented 50
(in addition to Washington, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)  

Areas of Study, Fall 2010

Design1 4,746 45%
Liberal arts and professional2 5,041 48%
Performing arts3 723 7%
Total 10,510  
  1. Includes programs at Parsons The New School for Design.
  2. Includes programs at The New School for Social Research, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, The New School for Public Engagement, and Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
  3. Includes programs at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Mannes College The New School for Music, and The New School for Drama.

Faculty

Full-time* 415
Part-time* 1,740
Total 2,155

*As of November 2010.

Employees
Full-time 1,328

Degrees Awarded

(between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010)

Associate's 449
Bachelor's 1,268
Master's 1,039
PhD 56
Diplomas and certificates 56
Total 2,868

Financial Aid

(for 2009–2010)

Financial aid awarded $183.2 million awarded to 8,252 degree students
   
Federal $93,311,384
Institutional $72,113,714
State $2,100,378
Other sources $15,686,548

Degree Programs

(for 2010)

Associate's 4
Bachelor's 31
Master's 36
Diplomas and advanced certificates 9
PhD 8

Research Centers and Policy Institutes

  • Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA)
  • Center for Attachment Research
  • Center for New York City Affairs
  • Center for Public Scholarship
  • Center for Transformative Media
  • Community Development Finance Project
  • Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab
  • Generation Y Research Lab
  • Hannah Arendt Center
  • Husserl Archives
  • India China Institute
  • Institute for Urban Education
  • International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship
  • Janey Program in Latin American Studies
  • Observatory on Latin America (OLA)
  • Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM)
  • PETLab (Protyping, Evaluating, Teaching and Learning Laboratory) 
  • Sandor Ferenczi Center
  • Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
  • Tishman Environment and Design Center
  • Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS)
  • Vera List Center for Art and Politics

Libraries and Archives

  • Adam and Sophie Gimbel Art and Design Library
  • Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives
  • Digital Library Programs
  • Harry Scherman Music Library
  • Raymond Fogelman Library for Social Sciences and Humanities

Endowment

June 2007 $232 million
June 2008 $214 million
June 2009 $176 million
June 2010 $188 million

Operating Budget

2008–2009 $262 million (as of October 2008)
2009–2010 $279 million (as of October 2009)
2010–2011 $305 million (as of October 2010)

Art Collection

As of October 2010 1,802 objects

Physical Facilities

  2009 2010
Square feet of residential space owned 138,485 138,485
Square feet of nonresidential space owned 759,403 710,121
Square feet of residential space leased 231,597 231,597
Square feet of nonresidential space leased 228,256 238,729
Total 1,357,741 1,318,932

Board of Trustees

Regular members 53
Life members 2

Board of Governors

Regular members 137
Honorary and artist members 15